<p>Well, I've heard that many students score better at the ACT than at the SAT1 test.
But I don't know if I should take it.
I dropped Chemistry and Biology 2 years ago...</p>
<p>So do I even have a chance to score a decent score @ the ACT?
Do you need to know a lot about these subjects?</p>
<p>THX!</p>
<p>Everyone does bad on the science section, because it isn't really science but just another version of Critical Reading, except with graphs and tables. So just go for it.</p>
<p>So you're suggesting that you don't need any Chemistry/Biology knowledge at all?</p>
<p>Yes, and they even say that it doesn't test that kind of knowledge.</p>
<p>well, THX!
Looks like I'm gonna order a ACT book.
But will the scores still be on time if I take the ACT on December 13th, and the admission deadline is January 1st?</p>
<p>Yeah they will be.</p>
<p>If you don't opt for the ACT with Writing, you might get your scores in time to meet your college's application deadline. Otherwise, it may take several weeks befor your scores are in...way past the deadline. However, you need to check if the college you apply to has an ACT Writing test requirement or not. Some colleges do, while some don't.</p>
<p>Also remeber that most colleges will not accept the act with out writing so do take it and then just rush the score. Also the science section is really just how to read a damn graph in a short amount of time. It has nothing to do with actual science you just need to be able to anazlyze and interpret very quickly. It also varies in idfficult, I went fromn a 35 to a 29 lol
cheers,
Mike</p>
<p>Personally I believe that the ACT Science section does not require a science background, yet it definitely helps.</p>
<p>For example a question could discuss alleles for blood types, and often if you do not understand what alleles are, or how they work specifically for blood (Since there are 3 alleles), then you would have to read the passage and/or graphs, while if you have a strong science background you can just recognize it extremely fast.</p>
<p>Another example (from the October ACT), one of them was a physics question stating, what is the frequency for this specific example. Many individuals would look at the graph and see only a time specified for the period instead of the frequency. And although it is common knowledge for quite a few CC members, but not everyone would instantly recognize period = 1/frequency</p>
<p>So to answer your question, science is not needed, but if you have a strong science background you can easily finish the science section faster and more accurately</p>